Mattias De Smet

Aug 20 2022

Azure

Azure : Connect to Azure SQL database

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Setting up an Azure SQL database is easy and fast, but you might bump into some problems connecting to it. I’ll share a couple of tools that you can use,...

azure, connection, database, db, errors, firewall, sql, SQLServer

Aug 19 2022

Azure, Navision

SQL : Configure automatic failover

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Having some redundancy in your database infrastructure is essential to making sure your applications are accessible as much as possible. Even with a solid platform as Azure SQL database, you...

azure, database, db, failover, navision, primary, replica, sql

Aug 18 2022

Azure

Hiding secrets from Azure Functions

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When creating Azure Functions in support of database related logic, or with any need to use a sensitive value, you probable already make sure you don’t store it in the...

azure, function, keyvault, security

Jun 28 2020

Business Intelligence

BI : Securing SSIS project deployments

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When you’re sharing an on-premises SSIS server with multiple teams you’d want to segregate responsibilities to their projects. It’s not a much advertised feature of SSISDB, but it allows you...

bi, database, edw, etl, integration services, security, SQLServer, ssis, ssisdb

Jun 22 2020

Business Intelligence

SSAS : Unexpected root elements in Parent Child dimension

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This article describes a bizar behavior of root elements in Parent Child dimensions. A Parent Child dimension is a dimension based on a self-referencing table, where each record (member) points...

analysis services, child, dimension, hierarchy, parent, parent child, server, sql, sql server, SQLServer, ssas